A BNSF Ace swooshes into town with another BNSF six axle and a CSX four axle in the loco consist.

WMSR 734 works uphill with the first run to Frostburg of the 2011 season. Great to hear her talkin' and working hard after the winter layoff.

This loaded coal train rests on a freight track as it awaits crew for a trip up to the big Mt Storm power plant. The cars seem to trail off to infinity.

After building a long train, the operator has cut his engines from the cars, and will take his switchers back into the yard for more work. He's heading towards a switch which will allow him to tak... (more)

Following Amtrak out of Cumberland, this container train is heading east at full track speed! Looks like it's running on a lot of new ties, too!

734 is poised at the coal loader here, just beginning to back up and build today's train. It's a beautiful Sunday morning, and there will be lots of folks waiting to ride.

The engines made it thru the switch, which leads me to think something broke as the first hopper refused to follow. Early morning trouble for the trainmaster, as the engines are on 2 west freight... (more)

Q 316 has to pickup nine cars off this spur and add them to it's consist. The engines are moving forward after the conductor has tied down the necessary cars and uncoupled.

377 has become the lead engine of this eighty car coal train. On the other end, the two engines that brought the train up to the loader are now the rear engines, and shove the train through the lo... (more)

This unusual maroon monster is in the lead here, in a locomotive consist which is backing into a freight lead to pickup it's train. Not running here, she's going somewhere for repairs. There's a n... (more)

On the very last day of the 2010 season, I rode in the cab of 734. We lost the stoker, and stopped here on Sunnyside to build up steam, and fix a hole in the fire. I got off to take a few photos, ... (more)

This train has come down 17 Mile Grade loaded, and is parked at the Keyser Yard. If you look close at the first loaded hopper, you can see it's hooked up to yard air. Later, two engines will be p... (more)

8531 and 8664 lead a long graceful autorack on to the eastbound main as they pass Mexico Tower. In the background, you can see the cars on the crossover, leaving the westbound main. 8531 was just ... (more)

A Wheeling and Lake Erie train powers up as it passes thru the interlocking at Mexico Tower. The three engines are two W&LE EMDs with a CSX Ge in the center. The train is heading east with hoppers... (more)

Just west of Piedmont on 17 Mile Grade, a "newer" 7605 wears the same number as one of the famous B&O EM-1's which could have been seen at this very spot 66 years ago, operating on the grade they ... (more)